Tag: older workers

Mature woman working in a factory / warehouse

The brief’s key findings are: Before COVID, more people were working longer and claiming Social Security later to improve prospects for a secure retirement. The question is, how has the pandemic affected these patterns? The analysis uses the Current Population Survey to compare job exits and retirements pre- and post-pandemic for workers 55 and over…

Aged,Man,Working,In,An,Industrial,Factory

Abstract This paper analyzes the demand for older workers, their substitutability with younger workers, and how well the demand for older workers tracks changes in the age composition of the labor force.  The main data source for the analysis is the Quarterly Workforce Indicators from 2000 to 2018, which provides earnings and employment by sector…